Food Safety After Nuclear Accidents
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Food Safety After Nuclear Accidents
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Author : Nordic Council of Ministers
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Release Date : 1992
Food Safety After Nuclear Accidents written by Nordic Council of Ministers and has been published by Nordic Council of Ministers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In accident measures, protective measures must be introduced and implemented in such a way that the net result of the measures is positive for the individual and the society at large. The Nordic model for the management of food supplies and food safety after nuclear accidents addresses production, distribution, sale and consumption of food and drink. The model contains specific recommendations on intervention levels for distribution and consumption.
Food Safety After Fukushima
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Author : Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2018-10-31
Food Safety After Fukushima written by Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-31 with Social Science categories.
The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 forced people living there to confront new risks in their lives. Despite the Japanese government’s reassurance that radiation exposure would be small and unlikely to affect the health of the general population, many questioned the government’s commitment to protecting their health. The disaster prompted them to become vigilant about limiting their risk exposure, and food emerged as a key area where citizens could determine their own levels of acceptable risk. Food Safety after Fukushima examines the process by which notions about what is safe to eat were formulated after the nuclear meltdown. Its central argument is that as citizens informed themselves about potential risks, they also became savvier in their assessment of the government’s handling of the crisis. The author terms this “Scientific Citizenship,” and he shows that the acquisition of scientific knowledge on the part of citizens resulted in a transformed relationship between individuals and the state. Groups of citizens turned to existing and newly formed organizations where food was sourced from areas far away from the nuclear accident or screened to stricter standards than those required by the state. These organizations enabled citizens to exchange information about the disaster, meet food producers, and work to establish networks of trust where food they considered safe could circulate. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with citizens groups, mothers’ associations, farmers, government officials, and retailers, Food Safety after Fukushima reflects on how social relations were affected by the accident. The author vividly depicts an environment where trust between food producers and consumers had been shaken, where people felt uneasy about their food choices and the consequences they might have for their children, and where farmers were forced to deal with the consequences of pollution that was not of their making. Most poignantly, the book conveys the heavy burden now attached to the name “Fukushima” in the popular imagination and explores efforts to resurrect it.
Radioactivity Transfer In Environment And Food
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Author : Fokion K Vosniakos
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-04-26
Radioactivity Transfer In Environment And Food written by Fokion K Vosniakos and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-26 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The book deals with various consequences of major nuclear accidents, such as in 1986 in Chernobyl and in 2011 in Fukushima. The public is extremely interested in learning more about the movements and risks posed by radiation in the environment related to food supply and food safety. Radionuclides are found in air, water, soil and even in us not only after nuclear accidents because they occur also in nature. Every day, we ingest and inhale radionuclides in our air and food and the water. This book provides a solid underpinning of the basic physical-chemistry and biogeochemistry of naturally occurring and anthrop radioactivity. The mechanisms of radioactive element transfer in the atmosphere, tropospheric and stratospheric diffusion of radioactivity, environmental contamination from accidents and the impact of atmospheric pollution on the food chain, soil and plants, are analyzed and the analytical methods are illustrated. The question of natural radioactivity concentration in building materials is addressed too. While the book contains many case studies and data for Greece, it is of general value. It contributes to the development of international environmentally safe standards and economically reasonable standard regulations based on justified radiological, social and economical legislation concepts.
Derived Intervention Levels For Radionuclides In Food
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Author : World Health Organization
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Derived Intervention Levels For Radionuclides In Food written by World Health Organization and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Radiation Brain Moms And Citizen Scientists
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Author : Aya Hirata Kimura
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-05
Radiation Brain Moms And Citizen Scientists written by Aya Hirata Kimura and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with History categories.
Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011 many concerned citizens—particularly mothers—were unconvinced by the Japanese government’s assurances that the country’s food supply was safe. They took matters into their own hands, collecting their own scientific data that revealed radiation-contaminated food. In Radiation Brain Moms and Citizen Scientists Aya Hirata Kimura shows how, instead of being praised for their concern about their communities’ health and safety, they faced stiff social sanctions, which dismissed their results by attributing them to the work of irrational and rumor-spreading women who lacked scientific knowledge. These citizen scientists were unsuccessful at gaining political traction, as they were constrained by neoliberal and traditional gender ideologies that dictated how private citizens—especially women—should act. By highlighting the challenges these citizen scientists faced, Kimura provides insights into the complicated relationship between science, foodways, gender, and politics in post-Fukushima Japan and beyond.
Risk And Food Safety In China And Japan
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Author : Louis Augustin-Jean
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-03
Risk And Food Safety In China And Japan written by Louis Augustin-Jean and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-03 with Business & Economics categories.
Around the world, food has probably never been as safe as it is today. However, periodic crises have aroused consumer anxiety and contributed to a general lack of confidence in the agro-industrial system. The diverse nature of these crises increases governments’ and industry difficulties in predicting and tackling them. This book addresses the relations between risk and food theoretically and empirically through case studies from Japan and China. Part I of the book examines the interaction between theoretical aspects and decision-making. The book theorizes the links between food and risk and analyses the decision-making process in light of risks and governance. The relationship between food risks, governance systems and economic decisions is assessed to explore ideas such as the "pact of nutrition" and the theory of weak signals. Part II examines case studies from China and Japan in the aftermaths of recent crises such as the milk powder scandal in China and food safety following the Fukushima nuclear accident and tsunami in Japan. This book will be an important resource for scholars, academics and policy-makers in the fields of sociology, economics, food studies, Chinese studies and Japanese studies and theories of risks and safety.
Consumer Reaction Food Production And The Fukushima Disaster
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Author : Kentaka Aruga
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-06-09
Consumer Reaction Food Production And The Fukushima Disaster written by Kentaka Aruga and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-09 with Business & Economics categories.
This book examines the factors involved in consumer responses to food produced in regions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant following the March 2011 Eastern Japanese earthquake, and assesses how responses to reports on food safety and risk of radiation contamination shaped consumer perceptions of and subsequent behavior toward products from the Fukushima prefecture. On the basis of a survey conducted in 2014 among 8,000 consumers from all parts of Japan and focusing on ten food products (rice, cucumbers, apples, shiitake mushrooms, beef, pork, eggs, tuna fish, wakame seaweed, and mineral water) it investigates consumer choices specifically based on rumor (“fuyou”) and not fact as well as how “fuyou” damage shaped such choices. It then goes on to analyze the differences between these customer choices.
Agricultural Implications Of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Iii
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Author : Tomoko M. Nakanishi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-01-30
Agricultural Implications Of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Iii written by Tomoko M. Nakanishi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This third volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland, forests, and marine and freshwater environments, with a particular focus on livestock, wild plants and mushrooms, crops, and marine products in those environments. It also provides additional data collected in the subsequent years to show how the radioactivity levels in agricultural products and their growing environments have changed with time and the route by which radioactive materials entered agricultural products as well as their movement between different components (e.g., soil, water, and trees) within an environmental system (e.g., forests). The book covers various topics, including radioactivity testing of food products; decontamination trials for rice and livestock production; the state of contamination in, trees, mushrooms, and timber; the dynamics of radioactivity distribution in paddy fields and upland forests; damage incurred by the forestry and fishery industries; and the change in consumers’ attitudes. Chapter 19 introduces a real-time radioisotope imaging system, a pioneering technique to visualize the movement of cesium in soil and in plants. This is the only book to provide systematic data on the actual change of radioactivity, and as such is of great value to all researchers who wish to understand the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture. In addition, it helps the general public to better understand the issues of radio-contamination in the environment. The project is ongoing; the research groups from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo continue their work in the field to further evaluate the long-term effects of the Fukushima accident.
Impacts Of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident On Fish And Fishing Grounds
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Author : Kaoru Nakata
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-07-10
Impacts Of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident On Fish And Fishing Grounds written by Kaoru Nakata and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-10 with Science categories.
This book presents the results from the Japanese Fisheries Research Agency’s 3-year intensive monitoring of radionuclides in a variety of fish, plankton, benthos, and their living environments after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident in March 2011. The book reveals the dynamics of contamination processes in marine and freshwater fish, mediated by the contamination of water, sediments, and food organisms; it also clarifies the mechanisms by which large variations in the level of contamination occurs among individual fish. Most importantly, the book includes a large amount of original measurement data collected in situ and for the first time assesses diffusion of radiocesium across the Pacific using both in situ data and a numerical simulation model. Also introduced are several new approaches to evaluate the impact of the release of radionuclides, including the measurement of radiation emission from an otolith section to identify the main period of contamination in fish. The FNPP accident represents a rare instance where the environmental radioactivity level was elevated steeply through atmospheric fallout and direct discharge of radioactive water into the sea over a short period of time. Replete with precise scientific data, this book will serve as an important resource for research in fields such as fishery science, oceanography, ecology, and environmentology, and also as a solid basis for protecting fisheries from damage resulting from harmful rumors among the general public.
Management Options For Food Production Systems Affected By A Nuclear Accident
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Author : A. F. Nisbet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Management Options For Food Production Systems Affected By A Nuclear Accident written by A. F. Nisbet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Electromechnical devices categories.